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About Susan Griffin

Susan Griffin is an author and social thinker, whose books on the historical fate of the female body (Woman and Nature), pornography (Pornography and Silence), and war (A Chorus of Stones) combine the personal and the political in unusual juxtaposition. On International Womens Day, Griffin was arrested for protesting the war, along with friends Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston and Terry Tempest Williams.

Articles by Susan Griffin

Tuesday 4th November

Palinism - taking advantage of feminism for personal gain

Susan Griffin, 4 November 2008

Palinism - taking advantage of feminism for personal gain

Susan Griffin responds to The Wrong Turn...

I think we ought to memorialize Sarah Palin's candidacy with a new word, Palinism, to be defined as the practice of taking advantage of feminism for personal gain without supporting the rights of other women. (see also opportunism.)

Thursday 20th March

The slow death of American democracy

Susan Griffin, 20 March 2003

It is not just that the war on Iraq is illegal, unjust, and immoral. It is also an assault on American democracy and freedom itself. A heartfelt cry of opposition from a now fearful American writer.

Thursday 6th February

Civilians everywhere - hold hands

Susan Griffin, 6 February 2003

President Bush has rallied his troops for what he calls “The first warof the 21st century”. What is your view of this crisis, where, briefly, do you stand? This is the question we are putting to people around the world, especially those with their own public reputation and following. Our aim, to help create a truly global debate all can identify with.